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" He was the first man who brought the ships to contemn castles on shore, which had been thought ever very formidable, and were discovered by him to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that... "
Letters from the Mediterranean; containing a civil and political account of ... - Page 83
by Edward Blaquiere - 1813
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Characters of Eminent Men in the Reigns of Charles I and II: Including the ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1793 - 268 pages
...practice, to keep his ship and his men out of danger ; which had been held in former times a point of great ability and circumspection ; as if the principal...to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by...
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Memoirs of James earl of Derby, with an account of the life of Oliver ...

James Stanley (7th earl of Derby.) - Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 - 1804 - 682 pages
...fure to come home fafe again. He was the firft man who brought fliips to contemn caftles on fliore, which had been thought ever very formidable, and were discovered by him to make a noifc only, and to fright thofe who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the firft who infufed that...
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Miscellaneous and fugitive pieces [chiefly of Johnson, ed. by T ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 400 pages
...that brought " ships to contemn castles on shore, which had " ever been thought very formidable, but were " discovered by him to make a noise only, and " to fright those who could rarely be hurt by " them. He was the first that infused that pro" portion of courage into seamen, by...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 548 pages
...man that bronght ships to contemn castles on shore, which had ever been thonght very formidable, bnt were discovered by him to make a noise only, and to fright those who conld rarely be hnrt by them. He was the first that infnsed that proportion of conrage into seamen,...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 402 pages
...man that brought ships to contemn castles on shore, which had ever been thought very formidable, but were discovered by him to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into seamen, by making...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...that brought ships to contemn castles " on shore, which had ever been thought very " formidable, but were discovered by him to make " a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely " be hurt by them. He was the first that infused " that proportion of courage into seamen, by...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 872 pages
...that brought ships to contemn castles " on shore, which had ever been thought very for" midable, but were discovered by him to make a " noise only, and to fright those who could rarely " be hurt by them. He was the first that infused " that proportion of courage into seamen, by...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 564 pages
...that brought ships to contemn castles " on shore, which had ever been thought very for" midable, but were discovered by him to make a " noise only, and to fright those who could rarely " be hurt by them. He was the first that infused " that proportion of courage into seamen, by...
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Memoirs of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell, and of His Sons ..., Volume 1

Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1821 - 518 pages
...principal art requisite in the captain of a ship had been to be sure to come home safe again : that he was the first man who brought the ships to contemn...to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them : that he was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen,...
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The British Magazine, Or, Miscellany of Polite Literature ..., Volume 1

English literature - 1823 - 508 pages
...that he was the first man who brought ships to contemn castles on shore, which had ever been thought very formidable, and were discovered by him to make a noise only, and to fright those who could rarely be hurt by them. He was the first that infused that degree of courage into seamen, by making...
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